Fish | Hunt FL vs NFIR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fish | Hunt FL
This official app from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission helps anglers and hunters in Florida. Purchase licenses, access regulations, view your current licenses, and utilize geo-location tools for an enhanced outdoor experience.
- Purchase fishing and hunting licenses
- Access regulations
- View current licenses
- Geo-locating tools
- Sunrise/sunset times
- NOAA seas and weather
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The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission is pleased to announce the release of a new, cutting edge iPhone app that will empower anglers and hunters during their outdoor fishing and hunting activities in Florida. The new app is user friendly, and allows visitors to purchase their fishing or hunting licenses online, access regulations, pull up a copy of the user's current licenses, and use geo-locating tools to maximize a customerís recreational experience. Upon free download, users may purchase and download licenses and permits directly from their smartphone, determine sunrise and sunset time based on GPS location, access NOAA seas and weather information, and more! The Florida FWC has been a national agency leader in providing customers and visitors with the most robust technologies and systems to increase awareness and conservation amongst the natural resources community, opening up channels to customers to promote Florida's outdoors and preserve the sport of fishing and hunting. Go Outdoors!
NFIR
Stay updated with the National Family Island Regatta. Get real-time race schedules, results, and more for Bahamian Sloop Sailing events. Experience the excitement of this traditional sport.
- Race schedules
- Live results
- Bahamian Sloop Sailing information
- On-demand updates
- Event information
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Official App of the National Family Island Regatta. Experience the best of Bahamian Sloop Sailing and get on demand updates of race schedules, results & much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NFIR at 100% against Fish | Hunt FL's 23%. NFIR also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Fish | Hunt FL's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (574 vs 11). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NFIR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fish | Hunt FL has 574 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Fish | Hunt FL's written reviews are positive against 100% of NFIR's.
Fish | Hunt FL ships an update every 3 months, NFIR every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fish | Hunt FL | NFIR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (574 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 574 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #120 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Florida Fish and Wildlife | Carson Gray |
Customer experience
Fish | Hunt FL
NFIR
Bugs and requests
Fish | Hunt FL
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot add or update licenses
- PDF files not loading properly
- Incorrect sunrise/sunset times
- Quota permit details not displaying
Requested features
4 requests- Digital wallet integration
- Offline access to regulations
- More accurate tide and weather data
- Improved fish/species identification
NFIR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fish | Hunt FL
No in-app purchases
NFIR
No in-app purchases
